Teachers’ Day

Dubbed as ‘awesome’ by one of our managers at a recent meeting, we’d heard lots about this day.  The 20th November every year marks teachers’ day in Vietnam.  A lot is made of this in Vietnamese schools, with students preparing to spoil their teachers with gifts and hold large assemblies to honour their educators.

With weekends being our busiest time it was convenient that this year Teachers’ Day fell on a Sunday.  Four classes later I came away with money, flowers, toiletries, a handbag, coffee and telescopic laser pointer pen: quite possibly the best teaching gadget ever.  I spent all day getting the attention of dawdling students by flashing the laser around and indicating to things on the whiteboard using the extending pointer: tons of fun.  Flowers were a popular gift all round, much to my male colleagues’ disgust!

A xx